Marvel Studios Nova is Officially in Development

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Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige at 2016 San Diego Comic Con
Kevin Feige speaking at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con
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Marvel have now placed NOVA in its development schedule

Via an exclusive to Deadline, it is now put out there that Marvel Studios are developing a project based on Richard Rider (Nova); a powered human in the Nova Corps, which we were introduced to in GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (2014) and then crossed paths in GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 (2017). We have never come across Richard Rider in the MCU.

Richard Rider is Nova in Marvel Comics. Marvel Studios are developing a NOVA project for the MCU

Nova first appeared in an 1976 issue of Super Adventures was member of the intergalactic police force known as the Nova Corps, for which he gained superhuman abilities including enhanced strength, flight and resistance to injury. While the character didn’t have many run-ins with some of the main figures of the current or past MCU, he did have some battles with the Skrulls, who have big parts in recent and upcoming Marvel projects including Captain Marvel and the limited series Secret Invasion.

Learn about Nova (Earth-616) on Fandom and Marvel.
Browse through Nova comics on Marvel.

Details regarding the MCU project are thin, but here's what we know for certain:

  1. Sabir Pirzada (MOON KNIGHT: episodes 3 & 4) will be writing it
  2. The project is currently untitled, as expected
  3. IMDb lists it as a TV series*
  4. Kevin Feige will be producing it, as expected
  5. Feige spoke about Nova in 2018 via Comicbook.com

*I will be waiting for Marvel's official debrief before I believe anything.

Richard Rider as Nova in Marvel Comics. Marvel Studios are developing a Nova project for the MCU

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